{"nrhp_refnum":"83001836","name":"Bryan, William Jennings, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 Evelyn Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.612542982000036,"lon":-82.55032316499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Colonial Revival house at 107 Evelyn Place in the Grove Park section of Asheville, North Carolina, designed in 1917 by Smith and Carrier and built shortly afterward for William Jennings Bryan.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for its association with William Jennings Bryan, three-time presidential candidate and Secretary of State, who built it as a retirement home. It is also noted as a rare departure from architect R. S. Smith's usual Old English style, with a deliberately early American design.","narrative":"Built in late 1917 in Asheville's Grove Park neighborhood, this two-story Colonial Revival house at 107 Evelyn Place was designed by the firm of Smith and Carrier for William Jennings Bryan. Bryan had run for president three times and served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. The five-bay symmetrical facade has a gable roof, end chimneys, green-shuttered windows and a small portico with paired boxed columns. A stone and concrete basement holds the garage, servants' quarters and Bryan's office. Inside, thumb-latch hardware, two-panel doors and Georgian mantels carry the early American theme. The design is unusual for architect R. S. Smith, who generally worked in an Old English manner. Bryan lived here from 1917 until 1919, taught Sunday school at First Presbyterian Church and wrote for publications, then left because of his wife's health. He sold the house in 1920. Later owners used it as a family residence, and aluminum siding added in the 1960s covers the original siding.","period_of_significance":"1917","architect_builder":"Smith and Carrier","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; aluminum siding added in the 1960s covers the original deeply rusticated novelty siding, and the owner intended to remove it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.997423-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/7192/47719275/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001836/e0f2a7b2f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001836/e0f2a7b2f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Karen D. Hoffman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Jennings_Bryan_House_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen D. Hoffman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Jennings_Bryan_House_02.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000247","name":"Grove Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/grove-park-historic-district-89000247/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719275","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan_House_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8013551"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/bryan-william-jennings-house-83001836/"}